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#RIP John Woods, Masterly Translator of Thomas Mann, Dies at 80

Woods was the recipient of two PEN America Translation awards, in 1981 and 1987

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"They're going to destroy free speech in the name of trying to save it."

PEN America CEO @SuzanneNossel discusses book bans and educational gag orders with @jonathanalter https://oldgoats.substack.com/p/book-bans-are-big-again-in-america #BannedBooks #Censorship #EdScare

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If a book contains #incest, #bestiality and #prostitution, should it be banned in schools?

@jonfreadom explains why one parent is demanding that The Bible be removed in #Utah under the state’s new “Sensitive Materials in Schools” law. #BannedBooks #ParentsRights #Pornography

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